Beaulieu Vineyards Chardonnay

Who says this blog is only for promoting good wines? The Beaulieu Vineyards Chardonnay, Carneros Napa Valley is really bad. I bought it on a whim at Costco, actually I may have been influenced by Robert Parker's Wine Spectator rating and at $13.99 was a bad choice.

The chardonnay lacked any butteryness and sweetness and tasted more along the lines of alcoholic blandness, almost salty. I was fairly disappointed.

I also tried the Heitz Cellars Chardonnay at $12.99 and it also disappointed. Tasting more like a sauvignon blanc than a chardonnay. While very crisp and sweet, it did not have have the butter that good chardonnays have. *sigh*

With summer coming to an end you can proceed with drinking reds now. Look out for more reviews of red wines forthcoming...

Bottle Shock

"I am not drinking any fucking merlot!" - Miles

For those interested, filming for Bottle Shock has already begun. Basically a movie pertaining to the birth of the wine industry in Napa and how a little ole white wine from an nondescript area north of San Francisco shocked the wine world by beating a French Wine. More information can be obtained here and here.